No templates. No platform fees — ever.
No two sites that look anything alike.
As therapy platforms keep raising their prices, owning your website outright has never made more sense. Hand-coded by a developer whose wife runs a group practice — I know this world from the inside.
About the studio
Most therapists didn't go into private practice to wrestle with website builders on the weekend. You chose this work to help people — and your online presence should reflect the care and craft you bring to every session.
I'm Chad, a Denver-based developer whose wife runs her own group practice. I've built her site. I know this world — the directories, the niche specialties, the way clients actually find you, the language that lands and the language that doesn't.
Every site I build is hand-coded from scratch. No themes. No page builders. No two practices ever get the same template, because no two practices are the same. What you get is a small, fast, beautifully made website that's yours — your domain, your hosting, your code, your name on everything.
And unlike subscription platforms, there are no ongoing fees that creep up every year. You pay once, own everything outright, and never have to worry about a company raising rates — or disappearing — and taking your site with it.
"Most therapist websites look like they were built the same afternoon — by someone who'd never met a therapist."— The reason this studio exists
Why hand-coded?
The case for owning your web presence outright.
Your therapist website looks like nothing else online. Not like Squarespace. Not like Wix. Not like anything a competitor is renting for $40–$100/month. Every pixel is intentional and yours alone.
Domain, hosting account, code repository — all in your name. The site stays yours regardless of what happens between us. This is the opposite of platforms where the site disappears the day you stop paying.
Clean semantic HTML, proper schema markup, local SEO targeting, and a sitemap submitted on day one. Not bolted on as an afterthought — structured for Google from the first line of code.
How this works
A four-step process that keeps things moving without ever leaving you wondering what comes next. No project management software, no onboarding portals. Just clear communication and consistent progress.
Thirty minutes, free, no pitch deck. You tell me about your practice and the kind of clients you want to reach. I tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for the project.
I design and code your site from scratch, sharing live previews along the way. We iterate on look, voice, and structure together. Usually three to five weeks, start to finish.
You review the site, request changes, and we fine-tune until everything feels right. I'm responsive and unhurried — this isn't an assembly line.
Your site goes live. I'm here for post-launch questions for the first 60 days, available on retainer or hourly after that. You're never left on your own.
Recent work
A Denver group practice of seven clinicians — individual therapist profiles, specialty service pages, structured data, and a multi-fallback contact form. Warm, credible, and easy for the right client to find the right person.
Visit the live siteA solo, trauma-informed counselor (LPC, CCTP) who needed a site that reads the way her sessions feel. A full multi-page build — individual and couples therapy, consulting, fees, and FAQ — in a warm editorial voice built to convert.
Visit the live siteA specialty brand and digital workshop for a licensed therapist working with misophonia through somatic therapy. A narrative landing page, an interactive quiz, workshop and blog sections, and email capture — its own identity, not a template.
Visit the live siteUnder the hood
Every site is hand-coded and deployed on the same modern, professional stack the biggest sites on the internet run on — chosen for speed, security, and the simple fact that all of it ends up in your name, not rented from a platform.
No database, no plugins, no themes to update. There's simply less that can break, get hacked, or slow down — a site that stays fast and secure for years.
Fast · secure · low-maintenanceYour code lives in a version-controlled repository in your name — backed up, fully documented, and portable. Nothing is locked inside someone else's platform.
Your code · your repoServed from a global edge network, so your site loads fast from anywhere and sits behind enterprise-grade security by default. Hosting cost: $0 per month.
Global edge · no hosting feesWant to edit your own words between sessions? An optional lightweight editor lets you update text and posts yourself — without ever touching code, and without a monthly subscription.
Edit it yourself — or just call meCustom, fully branded contact and intake forms — designed to match your site, not a generic embed — that deliver straight to your inbox with spam filtering built in. No server to run, no third-party form page.
Custom forms · no serverSemantic markup, JSON-LD schema, a clean sitemap, and local SEO wired in from the first line of code — so search engines and AI assistants understand your practice.
Findable from day oneAlready have a site?
Not every project needs a from-scratch rebuild. If your site lives on WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix and you just want it to look sharper, load faster, or convert better — I do that work too.
Hourly or fixed quote, no minimum. I'll look and tell you honestly whether it's worth refreshing or whether you're better off starting fresh.
Tell me about your siteCommon questions
Get in touch
Fill out the form and I'll get back to you within one business day. If you'd rather talk first, give me a call — I'm a real person, I pick up, and I'd love to hear about your practice.
Thanks for reaching out. I'll personally review your note and get back to you within one business day. — Chad